Household implement



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APPLICATION FILED OIIT. 5,1920- .Zg a '91:

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Specification of Lettere'Petent.

Patented J an. 3, 11922.

Application filed October 5, 1820.,- Eerial No. 414%,828.

, To all whom it'ma concern:

Be it known t at I, CHRISTOPHER W. BAUER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, cityand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Household Implements, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to afiord a simple, cheap, but efi'ectiveunitary implement that may be conveniently used for various householdpurposes; for instance, as

. a door or window check or securing device;

. the blank by'the" in means, all as. herelnafter fully set forth.

as a can opener; as a bottle cap remover; as a pry for opening boxes,etc.; as a wrench; and for numerous analogous purposes ;the inventionconsisting of an integral metallic structure of the specific characterdescribed and claimed herein; and a distinctive fea- .ture being theutilization, as a bottle cap remover, of the s ace and edges created inmatron of the can-openn the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved conjoined implement Fig. 2is a view of the fiat metallic blank as die struck, and before thebending thereof;

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the blank shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the blank as bent to form the completedimplement;

Fig. 5 is a top view of the implement projected from Fig. 4;

- Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the lmplement taken upon lane of line66, Fig. 5, and illustratingtiie use thereof as a bottle opener; I i

Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the use of the device as a pry lever; and

Fig. 8 is a sectional view illustrating the use of the implement as acan opener or sheet-metal cutter.

My household implement consists primarily and essentially of a fiatstrip of suitable metal such as wrought iron, steel, or any other metalor alloy adapted for the purpose, die-stamped into the shape shown inFigs. 2 and 3, and then bent and sharpened as requisite in the formationof the complete device.

Thus one extremity of what may be designated as the body or handle H ofthe implement is bifurcated, or claw shaped, being formed with thepointed claws c, c, and

of the incline thus afforded by the main portion H of the plate. In thlsconnection it is obvious that the implement may be used in a similarmanner to jam and prevent the opening of the lower sash of a window, andalso for various analogous purposes.

Near its. beveled end w, the handle H may be formed with an opening 1,adapting the device for use as a nut wrench or for analogouspurposes,the said opening n being formed with offsets of different widthto accommodate nuts, bolt-heads, or the like, of various sizes.

The claw end of the plate H is formed with a bottle-ca opening 6, havingconvergent side edges 2, and a lower curved edge I)", formed preferablywith inwardly tle cap it, as indicated in Fig. 6, the convergent sideedges 5', I) being adapted to bear against the top of said bottle cap isduring the looseniing operation, in which latter case the body of thedevice is used as a handle.

The creation of the bottle-cap opening b in the claw end of the devicealso forms a cross-bar a, which braces the claws c, 0.

A portion of the metal involved in the formation of the bottle-capopening 6 is utilized in the construction of the can-opening means,consisting of the cutter jaw j and the bearing jaw j, the shanks ofwhich form continuatlons of the plane of the main plate H, and thebending of the claw end C of the device leaving the outer portions ofthe jaws j, 7" free and unobstructed, and available for use in thecuttin of sheet metal in a manner well known in the canopener art. Thefree end of the bearing jaw j is formed with lateral extensions, thetwisting of which forms a broad fulcrum bearing opposed to the hookedand pointed cutting blade or jaw 9'. Both these jaws j and j ifpreferred may be separate pieces parts, and nothing to get out of order,the

whole structure being unitary and rigid.

What I claim as m invention and desire 15 to secure by Letters atent is,

A device for the purpose described formed of a single plate 0 flat metaland comprising a ho y portion and a portion at an angle thereto andhavinan opening, and jaws in 20 said openin at thfiiend of the metal, one ofsaid jaws icing a cutter, and the other twisted to form a broad fulcrumbearing.

CHRISTOPHER W. BAUER.

Witnesses GEO. WM. Donormr MIATT.

